56-51-141 - Injunction. - Tennessee Statutes

56-51-141. Injunction.

(a)  In addition to the penalties and other enforcement provisions of this chapter, the department is vested with the power to seek both temporary and permanent injunctive relief when:

     (1)  A prepaid limited health service organization is being operated by any person or entity without a certificate of authority;

     (2)  Any person, entity, or prepaid limited health service organization has engaged in any activity prohibited by this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter; or

     (3)  Any prepaid limited health service organization, person, or entity is renewing, issuing, or delivering a prepaid limited health services contract without a certificate of authority.

(b)  The department's authority to seek injunctive relief is not conditioned on having conducted any proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled at title 4, chapter 5.

[Acts 2000, ch. 948, § 41.]